Day 4 in Canberra, Australia

by | Oct 15, 2015 | Travel

  • Banksia coccinacea

  • Not sure the name of this one

  • So many of the plants at teh Botanic garden were prickly

  • I remember using these when I was a florist. Geralton wax (Chemelaucium)

  • Giant ferns uncurling in the spring air

  • Yep more bees... look close

  • A Banksia nut about to spit its seeds

  • Love these brush flowers

  • Crimson Rosella, too high up for a good pic

  • My delights at seeing an Eastern Water Dragon

  • Bulbine Lily

  • Juvenile king parrot - male

  • Juvenile king parrot - male

  • Juvenile king parrot - male

  • New South Wales Floral Emblem

  • Oh i got the bee hovering :)

  • Eastern Water Dragon

  • This bug was stunning! So pleased it stayed long enough to photograph him

  • Eastern Water Dragon

  • I don't know what this feathered guy is but the beak indicates nectar feeder

  • Crimson Rosella

  • Crimson Rosella

  • Busy bees around the brush flower

  • Tiny, fast and well camouflaged

  • Tiny, fast and well camouflaged

  • Just imagine the beak that eats from this tubular bloom

  • The sweet sweet smell filed the air

  • Such tiny blooms - good macro practise

  • A more mature Banskia nut

  • So many varieties of Banksia and alt all stages of growth

  • A carnivorous plant, big enough to ingest a small lizard

  • Such a cluster of beautiful blooms

  • Another siezed Orchid, touches of pink, frosty white and yellow

  • This Orchid was seized being illegally imported

  • Red wattlebird, shy, fast and noisy

  • Red wattlebird, shy, fast and noisy

  • Red wattlebird, shy, fast and noisy

  • I think this is a rose of sharon

  • The Botanic gardens are all native and no 'groomed' gardens